Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Samuel 26:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
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Quick Meaning
Brings Ziphites again to Saul with David's hill location.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5
The line at 1 Samuel 26:1 brings Ziphites again to Saul with David's hill location. Its place in 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5 matters because Ziphites again disclose David's location, Saul arrives with three thousand chosen men, and David confirms the camp through spies and personal reconnaissance.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Here the narrator brings Ziphites again to Saul with David's hill location, moving 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5 through the sequence summarized this way: Ziphites again disclose David's location, Saul arrives with three thousand chosen men, and David confirms the camp through spies and personal reconnaissance.
What Remains True
Brings Ziphites again to Saul with David's hill location. Within 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5, this contribution supports the unit's enduring claim: Accountability requires hearing the full movement—Ziphites again disclose David's location, Saul arrives with three thousand chosen men, and David confirms the camp through spies and personal reconnaissance. Repeated local collaboration does not justify retaliation against a population, and renewed pursuit shows why earlier remorse was not enough to establish safety.
How It Can Shape Life
- Brings Ziphites again to Saul with David's hill location. The proportionate response is therefore the one traced from the complete unit: Treat repeated pursuit as evidence that earlier remorse did not establish safety; verify intelligence, resist collective blame, and preserve protective distance. Repeated local collaboration does not justify retaliation against a population, and renewed pursuit shows why earlier remorse was not enough to establish safety.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5 — A renewed Ziphite report brings Saul after DavidSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology, with the two KJV-Hebrew versification shifts stated rather than silently offset.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Sam.xml, OSIS 26:1–26:5; KJV 20:42 spans Hebrew 20:42–21:1, KJV 21:1–15 maps to Hebrew 21:2–16, KJV 23:29 maps to Hebrew 24:1, and KJV 24:1–22 maps to Hebrew 24:2–23
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: 1 Samuel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only the translator notes actually printed for these verses, used for lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and older-English controls.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Notes, 1 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 504–543, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 26:1–26:5
Open source ↗